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MRS HOLROYD (aloud, to herself): You know they're not dry even now, though it's been as fine as it has. (She spreads the shirt on the back of her rocking-chair, which she turns to the fire.)

VOICE (calling from outside): Well, have you got them dry?

MRS HOLROYD starts up, turns and flings her hand in the direction of the open door, where appears a man in blue overalls, swarfed and greased. He carries a dinner-basket.

MRS HOLROYD: You--you--I don't know what to call you! The idea of shouting at me like that--like the Evil One out of the darkness!

The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

«Comment situer Les filles du pasteur dans l'oeuvre de Lawrence ? Ce n'est qu'une nouvelle, mais Lawrence est un maître reconnu de ce genre. Dans la célèbre étude de 1953, Lawrence romancier, le critique F. R. Leavis lui consacre un chapitre entier. Par sa construction, c'est presque un roman et on y trouve en raccourci les thèmes et les intuitions des oeuvres de la première période, avec cette profondeur d'observation qui nous force à reconnaître la vérité des personnages, alors même qu'ils se comportent à l'inverse des stéréotypes dont nous avons l'habitude.»Bernard Jean.

Les filles du pasteur / Daughters of the vicar

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.

This was more or less Constance Chatterley's position. The war had brought the roof down over her head. And she had realized that one must live and learn.

Lady chatterleys lover

Women in love

WILLIE HOUGHTON: What's the matter with you folks, as I've told you before, and as I shall keep on telling you every now and again, though it doesn't make a bit of difference, is that you've got no idea of freedom whatsoever. I've lived in this blessed place for fifty years, and I've never seen the spark of an idea, nor of any response to an idea, come out of a single one of you, all the time. I don't know what it is with colliers--whether it's spending so much time in the bowels of the earth--but they never seem to be able to get their thoughts above their bellies. If you've got plenty to eat and drink, and a bit over to keep the missis quiet, you're satisfied. I never saw such a satisfied bloomin' lot in my life as you Barlow and Walsall's men are, really. Of course you can growse as well as anybody, and you do growse. But you don't do anything else. You're stuck in a sort of mud of contentment, and you feel yourselves sinking, but you make no efforts to get out. You bleat a bit, like sheep in a bog--but you like it, you know. You like sinking in--you don't have to stand on your own feet then.

Touch and Go

A renowned literary figure, D. H. Lawrence pushed the boundaries of early twentieth century literature with his frank discussion of sexuality and women's physical desire. Set against the backdrop of England's industrial revolution, The Rainbow examines shifting social roles in pre-First World War England through the experiences of three generations of Brangwen women-Anna, Ursula, and Gudrun-who each deal with their own challenges: forbidden sexual desire, unfulfilling marriages and the impossibility of physical love. Ursula and Gundrun Brangwen's stories continue in Women in Love, as they meet and develop relationships with Gerald Crich and Rupert Birkin. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

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Gertrude Morel lebt im der englischen Bergarbeiterdorf Bestwood. Sie kümmert sich intensiv um die Zukunft ihrer Kinder und unterstützt deren gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg. Nachdem ihr Sohn William seine Ausbildung abgeschlossen hat, bewirbt er sich erfolgreich in einer Anwaltskanzlei. Auch privat scheint sich bei ihm alles gut zu entwickeln: Er verlobt sich mit der attraktiven Lily. Doch anstatt sich zu freuen, reagiert seine Mutter eifersüchtig. 

In seinem Bestseller »Söhne und Liebhaber« von 1913 entwickelt D. H. Lawrence eine psychologische Studie der komplexen Beziehung zwischen Mutter und Sohn. »Söhne und Liebhaber« enthält zahlreiche autobiografische Elemente. Das Bergarbeiterdorf Bestwood aus dem Roman ähnelt in vielem dem Dorf Eastwood, in dem D. H. Lawrence aufwuchs.

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